BCM5720-2P Datasheet, PDF (2/2 Pages) Broadcom Corporation. – Full line-rate performance across all ports

BENEFITS
• Accelerates Server Performance:
– Boosts network performance with full
line-rate performance across all ports.
– Maximizes server processing perfor-
mance by reducing CPU overhead
and lowering interrupt latency through
the use of the MSI-X standard.
– Boosts performance in Windows and
Linux environments by directing
interrupts to the server's CPU cores,
leveraging Transmit/Receive Side
Scaling (TSS/RSS).
• Delivers Advanced Ethernet
Capabilities:
– Energy Efficient Ethernet—Reduces
adapter power consumption by up to
42% through intelligent adaptive
power management, adjusting power
based on data traffic load.
• Robust Virtualization Capabilities:
– Superior network performance with
support for VMware NetQueue and
Microsoft VMQ technologies.
– Enhances network management and
efficiency with support for VLAN
tagging.
• Streamlines Deployment and
Management:
– Simplifies deployment and manage-
ment complexity—Broadcom
Ethernet solutions available across a
wide range of server platforms.
– Unifies the Server Adapter and stor-
age management using Broadcom
Advanced Management Suite
(BACS).
SPECIFICATIONS
General
• Form factor—Low profile 4.3" x 2.7"
(109.22 mm x 68.58 mm)
• Bus type—x1 PCI Express 2.0 (5 GT/s)
• Data rate—10/100/1000 Mbps per port,
per direction
• MAC controller—BCM5720-2P
• Connector—RJ-45
OS Support
• Microsoft—Windows Server 2008, 2008
R2, and 2012, all editions
• Linux
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
5.9/5.8, 6.4/6.3
– Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES) 10 SP4/SP3, 11 U3/U2
• VMware—vSphere 5.x
• Citrix—XenServer 6.1
Hardware
• Certifications—RoHS, FCC A, UL, CE,
VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, KCC
• Compatible with x86 and x64 servers
utilizing the PCIe v1.x and v2.x
interfaces
Management
• Broadcom—BACS management appli-
cation, WMI, and Broadcom Manage-
ment API (BMAPI)
Environmental Requirements
• Operating temperature: 32°F to 131°F
(0°C to 55°C)
• Storage temperature: –40°F to 149°F
(–40°C to 65°C)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95%
noncondensing
Advanced Features and Standards
• PCI Express base specification 2.0
• PCI bus power management interface
(rev 1.2)
• Advanced Error Reporting (AER)
• TCP segmentation/large send offload
• ACPI v2.0
• SMBus 2.0
• IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T
• IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX
• IEEE 802.3i 10BASE-T
• IEEE 802.1q—VLAN tagging support
• IEEE 802.3x—Flow control
• IEEE 802.3az—EEE
• IPv4 and IPv6 offload
• Teaming support
• MSI-X supports independent queues
ORDERING INFORMATION
Broadcom BCM5720-2P Dual-Port Ethernet Server Adapter (Single)
Broadcom BCM5720-2P Dual-Port Ethernet Server Adapter (Bulk 10-pack)
Part Number
BCM5720-2P
BCM5720-2PBLK
For more information, visit:
www.broadcom.com
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industry’s broadest portfolio of state-of-the- art system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions, Broadcom
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